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FSWC welcomes the news that the Ministry of Education has tightened their policies around hate-reporting on university campuses. On Tuesday it released the following statement co-signed by Hillel Ontario, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, the Network of Engaged Canadian Academics, Allied Voices for Israel and StandWithUs Canada.

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Toronto, ON (September 17, 2026) – The Ontario government has introduced new requirements to strengthen how colleges and universities respond to hate and discrimination on campus – including minimum requirements for policies and rules, clearer complaint processes including ensuring that regardless where complaints are submitted they are referred through the complaint’s mechanism process, anti-hate training, and new consequences for institutions that fail to comply.

At Toronto Metropolitan University, Justice Benotto found that existing policies were too often not enforced “consistently and decisively.” These new measures reinforce a simple principle: institutions must not only have rules, they must enforce them.

We have consistently called for stronger accountability and meaningful consequences when institutions fail to protect students or enforce their own policies.

As Jewish students face harassment, exclusion and discrimination on campuses across Ontario, including through antizionist behaviour, policies cannot exist only on paper. Institutions must act – and there must be consequences when they fail to do so.

This is an important step forward by the Ontario government toward ensuring universities are accountable for providing safe and welcoming campuses for all students and staff.

Read more at https://www.ontario.ca/page/ministers-directive-anti-racism-and-anti-hate-publicly-assisted-colleges-and-universities